tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.comments2015-01-30T23:00:56.727-05:00Orwell's BastardOrwell's Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777852618134159328noreply@blogger.comBlogger684125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-47269558924804529062014-07-31T12:25:38.381-04:002014-07-31T12:25:38.381-04:00I appreciate you providing the link to Pugash&#39;...I appreciate you providing the link to Pugash&#39;s response to the Star. Your comment in response to it however indicates that you yourself have not read it, or have failed to comprehend it. If you had, you might have attempted to rebut him on his points - which you do not. The fact that The Star negated to mention that certain trial judge&#39;s decisions were overturned on appeal and that their comments were found to be unsupported by evidence also indicates that ironically, The Star itself is guilty of the very thing it accuses others of doing. <br /><br />Obviously, in cases where police officers have been proven to lie in court, there should be a mechanism in place for dealing with that - though it already exists in an informal way via a data base that defence lawyers have access to. Effectively, such officers have lost their credibility and are essentially useless. The Star however in it&#39;s disingenuous approach makes it appear that there&#39;s an epidemic, and thus serves only to generate hysteria - which in turn does not serve the community in any way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-1805423320720488532014-02-20T03:12:30.189-05:002014-02-20T03:12:30.189-05:00Welcome back and BRAVO!Welcome back and BRAVO!Kevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-87414552200949885452014-02-07T12:47:51.696-05:002014-02-07T12:47:51.696-05:00Here is an APP everyone should have on their phone...Here is an APP everyone should have on their phone,<br />http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2014/01/cop-watch.htmlStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-30314637698806018612013-09-20T00:32:30.150-04:002013-09-20T00:32:30.150-04:00PIGS!! nuff saidPIGS!! nuff saidastonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689144433736347749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-65995350051577199142013-09-12T16:33:40.049-04:002013-09-12T16:33:40.049-04:00Yes that cop should be taken aside and have a litt...Yes that cop should be taken aside and have a little talking to. I had the same problem in TO coming home from work at mid night. I got dragged down an alley by cops demanding names of drug dealers (1980&#39;s). I had to get legal protection from this cop cause he threaten to return me to the same alley. I was a student going to college and from out of town and new to the neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-30358394397311146112013-07-18T07:54:22.054-04:002013-07-18T07:54:22.054-04:00And he shoots! He scores!And he shoots! He scores!thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-63544285501277374042013-07-12T19:13:18.075-04:002013-07-12T19:13:18.075-04:00I like your blog. I like your blog. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-83791327413124586272013-07-11T21:56:50.586-04:002013-07-11T21:56:50.586-04:00Amen to that.Amen to that.thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-41259181943779403602013-07-10T13:54:47.991-04:002013-07-10T13:54:47.991-04:00Fact is that Toronto pulled through in such realti...Fact is that Toronto pulled through in such realtivy good shape due to something called vision, on the watch of David Miller. He rang the alam bells on climate change and TOOK ACTION. Mayor Ford has failed to follow through, and if the Miller vision had been continued, Toronto may have come through the storm with much less damage. But now not only are the more expensive repairs necessary, the city is two years behind getting the the point.<br /><br />Mayor Ford smoke and mirrors have been exposed. Its the oldest trick in the book, to cut taxes, and then borrow money and say your taking care of the taxpayer.<br />http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/07/10/city_of_toronto_deeper_in_debt_under_mayor_rob_ford.htmlStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-10347426720504027242013-05-21T16:26:15.732-04:002013-05-21T16:26:15.732-04:00Warren Kinsella points out Ford should not be aske...Warren Kinsella points out Ford should not be asked if he used Drugs, no he should be asked for a hair sample.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-21813598230911574752013-04-12T18:04:06.790-04:002013-04-12T18:04:06.790-04:00There is a sickness at the heart of the National P...There is a sickness at the heart of the National Post, Globe &amp; Mail and Conservatism. It&#39;s an incestuous culture that protects its own. We no longer have journalists. We have cheerleaders for causes - mostly Conservative ones.Jymn Parretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-79130353933980738262013-03-11T09:17:14.351-04:002013-03-11T09:17:14.351-04:00I don&#39;t know when it happened but the mainstre...I don&#39;t know when it happened but the mainstream right wing is becoming so toxic and whacky that they are getting very near the danger zone. The only way that such toxic discourse to tone down is for them to be pushed into the political wilderness by huge election losses to the point that the more rational among them will see that it is a zero sum game for them. But so far this hasn&#39;t happened even in the US. It is a rocky political road ahead. kirbycairohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-6300101856886649472013-03-01T21:18:02.815-05:002013-03-01T21:18:02.815-05:00All that means is that the Moran Pool is shallow, ...All that means is that the Moran Pool is shallow, but wide.Orwell's Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777852618134159328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-57315115316229358832013-02-24T07:31:24.758-05:002013-02-24T07:31:24.758-05:00Notice that the comment has seven votes up.Notice that the comment has seven votes up.Jymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-8626145878282337542013-02-18T16:03:20.121-05:002013-02-18T16:03:20.121-05:00Yep. They just make it sooo easy.Yep. They just make it sooo easy.Orwell's Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777852618134159328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-15065882236876506852013-02-17T11:06:01.449-05:002013-02-17T11:06:01.449-05:00Adam Vaughn = Adumb Vangina? WTF???Adam Vaughn = Adumb Vangina? WTF???thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-46667229958777602952013-01-19T07:42:15.614-05:002013-01-19T07:42:15.614-05:00rodney pugh was an officer in 1984. Gordon trumbla...rodney pugh was an officer in 1984. Gordon trumblay both also the same status of work.<br />Both of them on the of shift feb.7th/8th assigned shift 11pm-7am both assaulted a female in car 5508...Rodney pugh now works for ttc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-557563827488708542012-11-19T17:05:57.962-05:002012-11-19T17:05:57.962-05:00Thanks for the plug OB. It&#39;s absolutely disgra...Thanks for the plug OB. It&#39;s absolutely disgraceful that that simpleton wente continues to collect a paycheque and stare stupidly from her byline at us.thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-38756325212540503252012-11-19T16:22:05.126-05:002012-11-19T16:22:05.126-05:00There really are no lingering questions about the ...There really are no lingering questions about the Globe&#39;s credibility as far as I&#39;m concerned. They have none. <br /><br />And now the Munk School and The Gelber Prize are frittering theirs away too. <br /><br />If you know any students at the Munk School tell them that misappropriated, misrepresented or misattributed words of others are no longer an issue at the school. And if the school tries to make any of those things an issue again I&#39;d be willing to bet that there a few dozen lawyers within hailing distance of the place who&#39;d love to take them to court on it. Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12516990599047585574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-38330746666660085282012-11-15T21:28:00.376-05:002012-11-15T21:28:00.376-05:00Since NAFTA, our manufacturing sector is dying and...Since NAFTA, our manufacturing sector is dying and our resource economy is increasingly foreign owned. Our ability to control and regulate agriculture, public insurance (medical, pharma and auto), cultural goods and even water is constantly under threat. What exactly did we get in exchange? The 1% got richer through globalization is all I got.Beijing Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-74422536377678167052012-09-29T03:03:18.415-04:002012-09-29T03:03:18.415-04:00I can&#39;t believe you&#39;re asking why the G&am...I can&#39;t believe you&#39;re asking why the G&amp;M allows it? They couldn&#39;t be more thrilled with Wente, right-wing puppet lady.<br /><br />.......................<br /><br />You no longer have reporters, you have repeaters. <br /><br />http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/12/28/NewNewJournalism/<br /><br />The new game began in Canada on Aug. 27, 1980. “Black Wednesday”, as it became known, was the day newspaper corporations across the country colluded to swap properties and kill competition. The Ottawa Journal and the Winnipeg Tribune folded, and Vancouver Province&#39;s owner, Southam, bought the Vancouver Sun. The two had been in bed together since 1950s via a press-and-profit-sharing agreement at Pacific Press that killed the third paper and defended against upstarts.<br /><br />Suddenly competition for readers was no longer necessary; these publicly traded corporations now focused on advertiser-pleasing copy as the technique for pulling more ads. <br /><br />At least Postmedia has an understandable reason for changing standards: they&#39;re legally obligated to maximize profits. But the fact that the commercial-free public broadcaster also ignores the public good suggests that there is a new definition of journalism.<br />Nadine Lumleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-46654967115086353572012-09-29T03:01:26.690-04:002012-09-29T03:01:26.690-04:00Yellow Journalism
Asked to give a toast before th...Yellow Journalism<br /><br />Asked to give a toast before the prestigious New York Press Club, John Swinton, the former Chief of Staff and editorial writer at the New York Times, made this candid confession at a banquet held in his honor in 1880, nearing the end of his career:<br /><br />http://constitution.org/pub/swinton_press.htm<br /><br />&quot;There is no such thing, at this date of the world&#39;s history, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid weekly for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with.<br /><br />Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to appear in one issue of my paper, before twenty-four hours my occupation would be gone.<br /><br />The business of the journalist is to destroy the truth; to lie outright; to pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell the country for his daily bread. You know it and I know it and what folly is this toasting an independent press. We are the tools and vassals of the rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our lives are all the property of other men.<br /><br />We are intellectual prostitutes.&quot;<br /><br />[It&#39;s worth noting Swinton was called &quot;The Dean of His Profession&quot; by other newsmen, who admired him greatly]:<br />Nadine Lumleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-48983071140852272032012-09-29T02:47:59.145-04:002012-09-29T02:47:59.145-04:00Liberals aren&#39;t center thoughLiberals aren&#39;t center thoughNadine Lumleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-49655595566502095092012-09-29T00:47:22.943-04:002012-09-29T00:47:22.943-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Nadine Lumleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214052632800746082.post-44285247001601732172012-09-29T00:30:05.252-04:002012-09-29T00:30:05.252-04:00Orwell, you bastard! You nailed it. Your best post...Orwell, you bastard! You nailed it. Your best post yet.<br /><br />&quot;And the best part is, she does it so politely and reasonably. No sneering, no condescension, no invective, none of the aggrieved privilege that marks so much of Wente&#39;s and Corky&#39;s oeuvre.&quot;<br /><br />Aside from a couple of awkward grammatical glitches, Wainio has written the most measured and realistic assessment of the Wente situation. It&#39;s worse than Wainio first reported but she is so mature about it you don&#39;t realize at first that she is nailing the coffin shut. Jymnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.com